Services are provided by a number of outpatient, inpatient, community-based and mobile services throughout Canterbury. The Forensic, Eating Disorders, Alcohol and Drug, and CAF Services provide regional inpatient beds and consultation liaison. Outreach clinics provide Rural Adult Community and CAF Services to Kaikoura and Ashburton

Adult Mental Health Services

Single Point of Entry is a person’s initial contact with the mental health services. It streamlines the way people are referred for the Adult Community Mental Health Services they require.

Te Awakura

A facility for adults with acute mental illness that require 24 hour nursing care. Assessments and treatment are provided by a multidisciplinary team. Te Awakura is a four ward complex at Hillmorton Hospital. The wards work in collaboration with community mental health teams and other agencies.

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Locations (East, North, South, West, Rural, Ashburton)

The Adult Community Mental Health service provides assessment, treatment and support services to adults in the community, including assessment and interventions for urgent or crisis mental health needs, at a number of locations across Canterbury.

Ashburton Adult Community Service

Hereford Centre

The Hereford Centre offers a range of treatment and support services to individuals with mental illnesses who experience difficulty in maintaining wellness with previous community mental health services.

Psychiatric Consultation Service

The Psychiatric Consultation Service provides access to assessment, treatment and advice to the general hospitals of Christchurch for psychological and psychiatric issues that impact a person’s medical care and their ability to manage their illness.

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Child & Youth Mental Health Services

Urgent: CAFEm

The Child, Adolescent, and Family (CAF) Emergency Team manages In Hours Emergency presentations for children and adolescents up to the age of 18 years, between the hours of 8:30am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

Routine: CAFLink Single Point of Entry (SPOE)

CAFLink is the Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Service ‘single point of entry function’ which streamlines access to mental health services in Canterbury for children, adolescents and their families.

For children and youth talk to Child, Adolescent, and Family (CAF) Emergency:

• Freephone: (0800) 218 219 (press option 2)

CAFEm (CAF Emergency Team)

The CAF Emergency Team manages In Hours Emergency presentations for children and adolescents up to the age of 18 years, between the hours of 8:30am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

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CAF South Community and Outreach team / CAF North Community and Outreach team

This outpatient service provides comprehensive psychiatric assessment and therapeutic intervention for children and adolescents 0-17 years (or older if still at school) in their family context.

Youth Forensic Team

The Youth Forensic Team provides a consult and liaison role, as well as an assessment and treatment service, for youth aged 10-18 years with moderate to severe mental health issues involved in the Youth Justice System.

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Children in Care Team

A service for children and young people between the ages of 0-12 years, including those who are in the custody of the Chief Executive of Oranga Tamariki – Ministry of Vulnerable Children, and who have a confirmed or suspected moderate to severe mental health issue.

Contact:

Cnr Montreal and Cashel St
Christchurch, 8013

Phone: 03 337 7970

School Based Mental Health Team

The school based mental health team provides a pro-active school based outreach service to support schools in addressing the emerging child and youth mental health issues in Canterbury in the post-earthquake recovery stage.

Contact:

Cnr Montreal and Cashel St
Christchurch, 8013

Phone: 03 335 4611, extension: 54611

Specialty Mental Health Services

INPATIENT

Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation (AT&R)

The AT&R Unit provides inpatient assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for people with intellectual disabilities and significantly challenging behaviour.

INPATIENT SERVICES

Eating Disorders Service

The South Island Eating Disorders Service (SIEDS) provides inpatient treatment, education and liaison services for people under a mental health service with a diagnosed eating disorder from throughout the South Island.

Mothers and Babies

The Mothers and Babies mental health service provides inpatient treatment for mothers or primary care givers who are under a mental health service in their home area or acutely through the Crisis Resolution Team in Canterbury.

Kennedy Detox Unit

The Kennedy Detox Unit provides a safe and comfortable detoxification experience by avoiding or reduce the medical complications associated with alcohol and drug withdrawal.

The team assists clients in stabilising a lifestyle that has been adversely affected by drug and alcohol use. They provide support and education for clients and families impacted by the use of drugs and alcohol.

Clinical Research

The Mental Health Clinical Research Unit (CRU) carries out high quality clinical research that aims to improve the way care is provided to people using mental health services. Their research topics range from randomised controlled trials of clinical interventions to projects that evaluate care for specific areas of concern, such as metabolic disorders.

The CRU is a joint initiative between the Canterbury District Health Board’s Specialist Mental Health Service (SMHS) and the University Department of Psychological Medicine.

Eating Disorders Service (Community team)

The Community team in the Eating Disorders Service provides outpatient treatment for people who live in the Canterbury District Health Board area. The team also provides education, liaison, training and case consultation to community services throughout the South Island.

Mothers and Babies (Community team)

The community team in the Mothers and Babies Service offers treatment to mothers and primary care givers from Canterbury who have been referred by their general practitioner (GP), other mental health services or medical specialists. The team provides education, liaison, training and case consultation to services throughout the South Island.

Te Korowai Atawhai

The Te Korowai Atawhai (Māori Mental Health Service) works to enhance the delivery and quality of mental health services provided to Tangata Whaiora mainly through the mahi of Pūkenga Atawhai (Specialist Māori Mental Health Workers) employed in a number of multidisciplinary clinical teams.